Corrupt SD memory card

[scoobydoolondon]

I have my safari photos on a 2GB SD card and while I was using the camera it reported something like "card error".

When I got home and put it into my card slot, the card was unreadable. So I need to find a way to recover the files, anyone any idea how I can go bout doing this?

I've tried various utilities where you can preview the recovered files before you have to pay for the software license, but unfortunately none of them were able to recover the files. I think they all rely on Windows actually recognising the file structure, which is not the case with my SD card.

This is the only SD card that has my safari pics so I want to do everything possible to recover them.

I'm based in London, England but happy to travel anywhere to a lab or a specialist to get the files recovered - anyone know where I should try? I'll be devestated if I lost my pictures.

Any help much appreciated

thanks

[brammers]

Not sure tbh - doesn't sound good. If they were deleted accidently it'd be a cinch, but this sounds like a failed card - is it a cheap brand?

The only thing that I can suggest is that you don't mess around too much with it - if the photos are still on there in some form you don't want to be writing to the card, you could over-write your photos and once you do that they're gone for good. If you can't even get windows to see the card I'd personally stop trying and send it off to a specialist data recovery agency - give them a phone call first, they'll have seen this before. It'll cost but I very much doubt utilities on the internet have the power to get files off the card if it's something phyiscal like a fried controller. Google should give you a list of companies to try.

Good luck!

[Bobster]

ill have a go at recovering them if you like? i've had a 99% success rate at recovering peoples photographs (even my own! the other week when i got a corrupt card from coming into the warm from the very cold after taking some night time pics)

if you're interested give me a PM